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turningnut · 10-08-2008, 11:36 PM

After checking out CallMeKelly's web link, I'm so much more in tune with my feminine side....LOL Some really neat ways to dye wood to boot...Thanks for sharing Kelly...

Alan, you really need to get a good hard hat to wear to ward off the pots and pans...LOL

CallMeKelly · 10-09-2008, 01:13 AM

< maybe that will be the next design contest... a hand scrolled wood helmet to prevent cranial damage from cast iron cookware! Has a nice ring to it, dontcha think? heh

(trying not to laugh out loud at the thought of some of you folks trolling around through mothering... aiyeee! some of the threads... warning! warning! you may never be the same again! )

kingbrat · 06-03-2009, 05:18 AM

Does food coloring fade away if you glaze it .

Bishop · 06-04-2009, 08:16 PM

Rolf
We have been away for awhile, sorry. We know you tried our Cardinal & Dogwood pattern and it should give you some ideas for using food color. We have been using it for years and have a lot of pieces on the walls. They still look as good as the day they were made.
Homer & Carol

bandit · 06-20-2009, 11:21 PM

That sounds like a good idea. I never thought of food coloring. But have anyone try this? Colored pencils on to sandpaper then on to the wood specially pine. It has a tint of color that will make the picture POP out.

Ramjet · 06-21-2009, 03:06 PM

I did the nut hatch design and decided to try food colouring out of curiousity . The green tuned almost black in the jar that I had stored it in last fall , so I used a green felt pen . I'm sure there is a way to give it some oomph or this is the way it will naturally turnout .
Roger

Bishop · 06-21-2009, 03:57 PM

Here are a few pictures that we have done with food color. They range in size and amount of different colors. Some of these have been hanging on our wall for several years now. We have about 75 patterns that are segmented and use food color.
Homer & Carol

rja · 06-21-2009, 11:36 PM

Bishop: absolutely beautiful work you have there.

Dragon · 06-22-2009, 02:30 AM

Those are beautiful
Diane

Caycee · 09-12-2009, 01:23 AM

Hi looking for some help..
i have a plain unfinished pine table i want to stain with food coloring for a kids table.. how do i finish it so the color won't rub off and is kid safe?
Also is there a way of dying with different colors to create a pattern or will it just all bleed together?
thanks!

10-08-2008, 11:36 PM	#31
turningnut Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas Posts: 632	After checking out CallMeKelly's web link, I'm so much more in tune with my feminine side....LOL Some really neat ways to dye wood to boot...Thanks for sharing Kelly... Alan, you really need to get a good hard hat to wear to ward off the pots and pans...LOL __________________ Mike...Ft. Worth, TX EX-21 with Bandaids by Curaid

10-09-2008, 01:13 AM	#32
CallMeKelly Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 93	< maybe that will be the next design contest... a hand scrolled wood helmet to prevent cranial damage from cast iron cookware! Has a nice ring to it, dontcha think? heh (trying not to laugh out loud at the thought of some of you folks trolling around through mothering... aiyeee! some of the threads... warning! warning! you may never be the same again! ) __________________ http://callmekelly.blogspot.com/

06-03-2009, 05:18 AM	#33
kingbrat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 340	food coloring Does food coloring fade away if you glaze it .

06-22-2009, 02:30 AM	#39
Dragon scroller and moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,421	Those are beautiful Diane __________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP

09-12-2009, 01:23 AM	#40
Caycee Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	re food coloring on wood Hi looking for some help.. i have a plain unfinished pine table i want to stain with food coloring for a kids table.. how do i finish it so the color won't rub off and is kid safe? Also is there a way of dying with different colors to create a pattern or will it just all bleed together? thanks!

06-04-2009, 08:16 PM	#34
Bishop Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 52	Rolf We have been away for awhile, sorry. We know you tried our Cardinal & Dogwood pattern and it should give you some ideas for using food color. We have been using it for years and have a lot of pieces on the walls. They still look as good as the day they were made. Homer & Carol

06-20-2009, 11:21 PM	#35
bandit Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Alton, IL Posts: 38	That sounds like a good idea. I never thought of food coloring. But have anyone try this? Colored pencils on to sandpaper then on to the wood specially pine. It has a tint of color that will make the picture POP out.

06-21-2009, 11:36 PM	#38
rja Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Plum Borough, Pennsylvania Posts: 95	Bishop: absolutely beautiful work you have there.

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